My bee field day at Big Jim's bee yard in Mt. Airy, MD.

That's Big Jim pulling out a frame full of bees. And I'm one of the white-clad folk in the crowd watching him work. He got stung three times (on his hands--he doesn't use gloves and is oh so casual about the stings). The only other stingee was my husband Doug, who just went along for the ride, didn't wear any protective clothing, and was wandering around the field. He was pretty casual about it too.